Core/ Training Grant Faculty

Mélissa Léger-Abraham

Assistant Professor, Department of Microbiology

My research program focuses on studying specialized translation mechanisms in parasites that significantly burden global health, including, but not limited to, Leishmania, Babesia, and Plasmodium organisms.

Leger-Abraham Laboratory Homepage

Leger-Abraham Lab Publications

77 Avenue Louis Pasteur
Boston, MA 02115

melissa_leger-abraham@hms.harvard.edu

p: 617 432-2418

Maria K. Lehtinen, Ph.D.

Professor, Hannah C. Kinney, MD, Chair in Pediatric Pathology Research
Department of Pathology, Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School

Cerebrospinal Fluid-based Signaling During Brain Development and in Disease.

Lehtinen Laboratory Home Page

Lehtinen Lab Publications

Enders Building, 11th Floor, Room 1150
320 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA 02115

maria.lehtinen@childrens.harvard.edu

Joseph J. Loparo, Ph.D.

Professor of Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology
Harvard Medical School

The Loparo laboratory is focused on using biochemical and biophysical tools to study the mechanisms of genome maintenance with molecular resolution.... Read more about Joseph J. Loparo, Ph.D.

Loparo Laboratory Home Page

Loparo Lab Publications

Department of Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology
Seeley G. Mudd Building, Room 204B
240 Longwood Avenue
Boston, MA 02115

p: 617-432-5586

Debora S. Marks

Professor, Department of Systems Biology
Harvard Medical School

The overarching goal of my lab is to develop novel statistical methods that combine theory and computation to extract useful information from biological information and provide tools for the whole research community.... Read more about Debora S. Marks

Marks Laboratory Homepage

Marks Lab Publications

Armenise Building, Room 631
200 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA 02115

debora_marks@ hms.harvard.edu

Venkatesh N. Murthy

Professor of Molecular and Cellular Biology
Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Harvard University
Co-Chair 2018-2022, Harvard Biophysics Graduate Program

Algorithms and Neural Circuits in Olfaction.... Read more about Venkatesh N. Murthy

Murthy Laboratory Home Page

Murthy Lab Publications

Biological Laboratories Building, Room 4027
16 Divinity Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138

vnmurthy@fas.harvard.edu

p: 617 496-4833

Sua Myong, Ph.D. (She/ Her/ Hers)

Professor
Dept. of Pediatrics; Program for Cellular Molecular Medicine
Boston Children's Hospital; Harvard Medical School

We develop and apply single molecule approaches to acquire quantitative understanding of biology and to find ways to improve human medicine.

Myong Laboratory Webpage

Myong Laboratory Publications

Myong Lab PubMed Publications

907 Enders Building,
61 Binney Street, Boston MA 02215
Boston Children's Hospital

Daniel J. Needleman

Gordon McKay Professor of Applied Physics and Professor of Molecular and Cellular Biology
John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences,
Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Harvard University

The Needleman laboratory investigates how the cooperative behaviors of molecules give rise to the architecture and dynamics of self-organizing subcellular structures.

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Needleman Laboratory Home page

Needleman Lab Publications

Northwest Laboratory Building, Room 359.20
52 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA 02138

dneedle@seas.harvard.edu

p: 617 384-6730

Cengiz Pehlevan

Assistant Professor of Applied Mathematics
School of Engineering and Applied Science

My research areas are theoretical neuroscience and theory of neural computation in natural and artificial systems.... Read more about Cengiz Pehlevan

Pehlevan Laboratory Homepage

Pehlevan Lab Publications

29 Oxford Street, Pierce Hall, Room 315
Cambridge, MA 02138

cpehlevan@seas.harvard.edu

Nicholas F. Polizzi

Assistant Professor
Department of Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Harvard Medical School
Department of Cancer Biology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

Our lab studies protein design and molecular recognition.

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Polizzi Laboratory Webpage

Polizzi Laboratory Publications

450 Brookline Avenue,
Boston, MA 02215

nicholasf_polizzi@dfci.harvard.edu

Maxim Prigozhin, Ph.D. (He/ Him/ His)

Assistant Professor
Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology
Department of Applied Physics, Harvard University

The Prigozhin lab is involved in collaborative and interdisciplinary work in the area of single-cell and single-molecule biophysics of transmembrane signaling. We are particularly interested in cryo-vitrification, all kinds of electron and optical microscopy, and G-protein-coupled receptors. Let us know what you are excited about!... Read more about Maxim Prigozhin, Ph.D. (He/ Him/ His)

Prigozhin Laboratory Web Page

Prigozhin Lab Publications

Northwest Building, Room 445.20
52 Oxford Street
Cambridge, MA 02138

maxim_prigozhin@harvard.edu

Sharad Ramanathan

Llura and Gordon Gund Professor of Neurosciences and of Molecular and Cellular Biology
Professor of Applied Physics, John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Harvard University

Our laboratory studies how cells and organisms make decisions. ... Read more about Sharad Ramanathan

Ramanathan Laboratory Home Page

Ramanathan Lab Publications

Northwest Laboratories Building, Room 435.20
52 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA 02138

sharad@cgr.harvard.edu

p: 617 384-7852

Tom A. Rapoport, Ph.D.

Professor of Cell Biology, Harvard Medical School
Howard Hughes Investigator

The Rapoport lab studies how proteins move across membranes and how membranes are shaped.... Read more about Tom A. Rapoport, Ph.D.

Rapoport Laboratory Home Page

Dr. Tom Rapoport Profile

Rapoport Lab Publications

Harvard Medical School/ HHMI
Department of Cell Biology
240 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA 02115

tom_rapoport@hms.harvard.edu

p: 617 432-0637

Bruce R. Rosen, M.D., Ph.D.

Professor of Radiology, Department of Radiology,
Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School
Director, Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging

The development and utilization of physiological and functional NMR techniques. Our work is centered at the interface between technology development and biological/clinical applications.... Read more about Bruce R. Rosen, M.D., Ph.D.

Rosen Laboratory Homepage

A.A. Martinos Center Homepage

Rosen Lab Publications

A.A. Martinos Center, Bldg. 149, 13th Street, Room 2301D
Charlestown, MA 02129

brrosen@mgh.harvard.edu

Bernardo L. Sabatini

Alice and Rodman W. Moorhead III Professor of Neurobiology
Department of Neurobiology, Harvard Medical School
Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute

The main focus of my research laboratory is to understand the development and regulation of synapses in the brain and the relationship of these processes to behavior and disease.... Read more about Bernardo L. Sabatini

Sabatini Laboratory Home Page

Sabatini Lab Publications

Warren Alpert Building, Room 354
200 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA 02115

bernardo_sabatini@hms.harvard.edu

p: 617 432-5670